1904. Letterpress invitation and programme card, annotated in pencil and ink, 12.7 x 16.3cm. Split to original fold, soiling. Text includes “to be held in the Federal Government House Grounds on Saturday, 17th December, 1904.” Invitation is addressed to the editor of the Evening News. Pencil annotations include names of..... More

1914. Letterpress menu card, handwritten label affixed to inside cover and autographs of the 3rd Battalion in ink and pencil throughout, 16.5 x 11.3cm (folded). Slight foxing, stains, repaired old fold. Label includes “This menu was the property of Lieut. J.E. Barlow (See “E” Coy). It was given to me..... More

c1917. Letterpress leaflet, text includes title and author’s initials “E.M.C.” and “Durban”, 18.4 x 24.9cm. Old folds with a small missing portion, discolouration and crinkles. The song makes reference to Sydney’s 1914 battle with the German cruiser SMS Emden and its commanding officer Karl von Muller. This was one of..... More

c1914-1918. Twenty-four (24) letterpress gazettes, 31 x 21.5cm (approx. each). Water damage, stains, tears and creases overall. This collection includes: (1) Amtsblatt Fur Das Schutzgebiet Deutsch-Neuguinea (Government Gazette For The Protectorate of German New Guinea), nos. 1 to 17 [Jan.-Sept.], 1914; (2) The Rabaul Record, vol. III, nos. 1 to..... More

1918. Stitch-bound softcover booklet with colour linocut cover, 14 pages, 22.1 x 17.4cm. Slight foxing, minor tears. Publication details include “vol. 1, no. 6, 29 Sept. 1918.” Captioned “Kriegskameraden. Junge Kookaburras (War comrades. Young kookaburras),” the cover image is by K. Wiese of the Holsworthy Internment Camp which was located..... More

c1917-1919. Collection of six items comprising a letter in pencil, a field postcard, a certificate of discharge, two vintage silver gelatin photographs, and a complete copy of The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), most items signed and dated in ink or pencil by H.V. Martin, sizes from 8.5 x 13.7cm to 65.5..... More

c1919. Colour lithograph printed on cotton, 47 x 61.5cm. Minor stains to lower edge. Caption continues “The landing of our gallant sons of Empire on the Gallipoli Peninsula. ‘The Scrap Heap’: a view of the Emden after the fight with the Sydney off the Cocos Keeling Islands.”. More

1920. Colour lithograph with letterpress, 34.1 x 34.5cm. Old folds, creases, minor tears. Text includes “Honour to those who upheld Australia’s honour. The Allied Commander pays the highest tribute to the Australian Forces. On November 7th, 1920, the remains of an Australian and a French soldier were buried in the..... More

1941-1942. Fifty-six (56) items comprising 18 ink diagrams on waxed paper, 28 dyeline diagrams, eight photostat prints, and two blueprints, most dyelines stamped with “John Fowler & Co. (Leeds) Ltd, Engineers, Leeds” and dates including “11 Oct. 1941”, ink diagrams dated and initialled and include “9.10.41. M.E.G., W.R.” in ink..... More

1976. Letterpress notice with lineblock crest, 49.8 x 38cm. Tears and minor missing portions to edges, slight soiling to lower left corner, creases and old folds. Text includes “$1,500 reward. Between 4.30pm, on Friday, 19th March, 1976, and 7.30am, on Monday, 22nd March, 1976, a person or persons maliciously injured..... More

c1942–1945. Group of seven air-dropped leaflets, five targeted at American and Australian troops, two directed at Japanese troops, sizes range from 12.7 x 9cm to 30 x 23cm. Old tears, creases, slight soiling and minor missing portions. Japanese propaganda leaflets include one entitled “Siren”, which shows an Australian soldier being..... More